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title: מַגֵּפָה — blow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַגֵּפָה (4046), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: blow. BDB 1906: n.f. blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַגֵּפָה

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«מַגֵּפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **blow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 26 times · **Key:** 4046 · **BDB:** מַגֵּפָה²

### Glosses

plague (15); a.plague (3); a.blow (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

blow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4046/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4046/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence;—מ׳ abs. Nu 14:37 + 23 times; cstr. מַגֵּפַת Zc 14:15; pl. sf. מַגֵּפֹתַי Ex 9:14;— blow, = fatal stroke Ez 24:16; in divine judgment (plague) Ex 9:14 (J). slaughter in battle, 1 S 4:17; 2 S 17:9; 18:7. plague, pestilence (divine judgment), of tumours on Philistines 1 S 6:4; against Isr Nu 14:37; 17:13, 14, 15; 25:8, 9, 18, 19; 31:16 2 S 24:21, 25 (ins. also v 15 𝔊 Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu), 1 Ch 21:22 ψ 106:29, 30; specif. disease of bowels 2 Ch 21:14; מ׳ = infected people 1 Ch 21:17; wasting of flesh, eyes and tongue, of hostile peoples Zc 14:12, 18; attacking beasts v 15(×2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַגֵּפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4046/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 25:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.25.19/)

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וַיְהִ֖י אַחֲרֵ֣י הַמַּגֵּפָ֑ה

*Word for word:* and it.was after the plague

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying:

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[Psalms 106:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.30/)

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וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד פִּֽ֭ינְחָס וַיְפַלֵּ֑ל וַ֝תֵּעָצַ֗ר הַמַּגֵּפָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.stood.up Phinehas and he.mediated and it.was.restrained the plague

*JPS 1917:* Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment, and so the plague was stayed.

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